Dairy
Ahead of the busy calving season, farmers need to focus in on the key areas that need improving to prevent the onset of lameness.
Rural Life
Agriland heard from two students about how their project GaitKeeper can detect lameness in dairy herds through a low-cost video analysis system.
As the 2025 season comes to an end, it's worth considering developing a herd health plan for 2026 to see where things can be improved.
With 2025 drawing to a close, it's time to put a lameness control plan in place for 2026 that will help boost animal welfare on the farm.
Sheep
Maintaining body condition in pregnant ewes is the most important job between now and lambing time, according to Teagasc.
With cows now in for winter housing and farm roadways quieting down, it is time to address any issues with cow flow.
Digital dermatitis, commonly known as Mortellaro, can be a serious issue at this time of the year as the bacteria easily spreads in slurry.
The heavy rain over the weekend will more than likely have brought a halt to the majority of grazing around the country.
With the majority of cows now housed, farmers should consider updating existing roadways in an effort to prevent lameness.
Lameness is a scourge seen in over 10% of the national dairy herd, which becomes even harder to control at this time of the year.
As the end of the grazing season approaches, farmers should be considering foot bathing their cows to protect against winter lameness.
Lameness issues often escalate in the late lactation and moving into the autumn months as conditions and weather slowly begin to deteriorate
Agri-Business
A new initiative from Animal Health Ireland (AHI) to address lameness in dairy herds is set to get underway with 10 pilot dairy farms.
Farmers should be looking at the ground conditions as an opportunity to revamp roadways to prevent lameness this autumn and into next...
Lameness may become an issue as cows are getting closer to the end of their lactation and will only be getting heavier in calf by the day,..
Lameness can become a huge issue on dairy farms at this time of the year as cows are still holding milk production, walking long distances,..
Moorepark '25 saw an influx of people exploring the information villages, one of which was themed One Health, One Welfare.
A new series of short Animal Health Ireland (AHI) videos on dairy cow lameness, now available online, have been launched
Lameness is a huge problem on Irish dairy farms and can seriously impact on costs and profits and so identifying issues through locomotion...
Animal Health Ireland (AHI) is to launch a new plan which it says will address lameness in cows on dairy farms.
Without good roadways and grazing infrastructure on dairy farms, grass utilisation is going to be limited as access to paddocks in difficult..
As the breeding season progresses and as oestrus activity hopefully begins to settle down, farmers should look at cow flow and congestion...
Foot bathing is often only done when cows are fully indoors during the winter months, as most infectious lameness issues are more prevalent..
